𝐿^{𝑝} Willmore functionals

Cai, Mingliang

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-99-04484-6

$L^p$ Willmore functionals
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Abstract:

We prove some integral inequalities for immersed tori in the three sphere. The functionals considered are generalizations of the Willmore functional.

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